BAKERSFIELD, CA. (KGET)– Burn accidents can happen in an instant, and getting immediate treatment is pertinent to reducing lifelong effects.
Monday evening Dignity Memorial Hospital staff helped celebrate the discharge of Ridgecrest burn survivor Joseph Jimenez, 10, that was being treated at the Grossman Burn Unit at Memorial Hospital.
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“He’s been such a trooper going through surgery after surgery after surgery,” Nurse Manager of Burn Services at Dignity Memorial Hospital, Ticyanna Clark said.
That accident was seemingly every parent’s worst nightmare.
“Him and his older brother had seen some videos on social media and had decided that they wanted to replicate that. So they had a spray bottle and a lighter and unfortunately the spray was sprayed towards Joseph and caught his shirt on fire,” Clark said.
Joseph sustained 25% burns with the second and third degree to his hands, face, and torso.
Though he has a long road to recovery, he’s doing well now– and Dignity Memorial staff wanted to celebrate him.